On May 1, Lee and Faye Harter celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary at Pioneer Village in Jacksonville. The celebration included more than 50 friends and relatives.
After being married in Boise, Idaho in 1942, the couple moved to Jacksonville in 1950 where Lee taught high school until 1959 in the old school which is now Bigham Knoll.
At that time, bread was 9 cents a loaf, gasoline was 19 cents a gallon, the minimum wage was 30 cents an hour, and the stock market was at 119. Pearl Harbor had just occurred and the country was at war. Lee became a squadron commander in the South Pacific and flew B-24s. After the war, Lee went to Oregon State where he taught for three years after graduating. Faye was involved in child evangelism fellowship and involved in summer camps for children.
Today, the Harters can be spotted during their daily walks, holding hands, as they walk around Jacksonville.